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Unspeakable truths : transitional justice and the challenge of truth commissions / Priscilla B. Hayner.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Routledge, 2011.Edition: 2nd edDescription: xx, 356 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9780415872027 (hardback : alk. paper)
  • 0415872022 (hardback : alk. paper)
  • 9780415806350 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 323.044 HAY
Contents:
Introduction -- Confronting past crimes : transitional justice and the phenomenon of truth commissions -- Why a truth commission? -- The five strongest truth commissions -- Other illustrative truth commissions -- What is the truth? -- The truth about women and men -- Truth and justice : a careful but critical relationship -- Truth commissions and the International Criminal Court -- Naming names of perpetrators -- Healing from the past -- Truth and reparations -- Reconciliation and reforms -- Leaving the past alone -- When, how, and who : basic questions of methodology and operations -- Reflections : looking forward.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Confronting past crimes : transitional justice and the phenomenon of truth commissions -- Why a truth commission? -- The five strongest truth commissions -- Other illustrative truth commissions -- What is the truth? -- The truth about women and men -- Truth and justice : a careful but critical relationship -- Truth commissions and the International Criminal Court -- Naming names of perpetrators -- Healing from the past -- Truth and reparations -- Reconciliation and reforms -- Leaving the past alone -- When, how, and who : basic questions of methodology and operations -- Reflections : looking forward.

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